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Had the weirdest day at work i had a colleague who explained 3 different situations, with police officers that he had in his life.
One was him being held a gun point twice and another wrongly accused, and he explained in enough detail about those situations he was in the right and the officers were absolutely in the wrong in all 3 situations.
So usually when im at work when i have down time i like to watch johnny five o or Audit the Audit.
Both channels
and
so everyone was kinda in discussion about there experiences so i brought up the channels that i usually watch, and how they try to showcase the importance of knowing your rights in your state, and how to speak with law enforcement and how your able navigate through those encounters. I never got to fully explain it though.
My colleague, i don't know if he was listening to or he had a brain fart or whatever. But he for some reason went off , I don't know why but he was making it seem like i was denying his expedience with police. He was denying that some officers have a lot of pride and ego , and he fully believed that every situation is racially motivated and that i'm a sheltered young man who doesn't know anything about the world (were both black). I'm not going to lie i was sheltered and all of my experiences with police have been good. But i don't understand what that had to do with the videos i brought up.
But here's the thing i wasn't denying his experience or the situations that he was involved in, i was just explaining what these youtube channels teach and how important it is know your rights and that most people don't know them. Heck i try to take time out of my day to learn.
But it just felt awkward , i wasn't arguing with him but he took it like i offended him , but i wasn't disagreeing with him. The silence in the room and among the group was deafening and i ended up fumbling over my words trying to explain to him that i wasn't denying his experience.
I'm confused and really annoyed about what happened, i don't know what i did wrong?
One was him being held a gun point twice and another wrongly accused, and he explained in enough detail about those situations he was in the right and the officers were absolutely in the wrong in all 3 situations.
So usually when im at work when i have down time i like to watch johnny five o or Audit the Audit.
Both channels
and
so everyone was kinda in discussion about there experiences so i brought up the channels that i usually watch, and how they try to showcase the importance of knowing your rights in your state, and how to speak with law enforcement and how your able navigate through those encounters. I never got to fully explain it though.
My colleague, i don't know if he was listening to or he had a brain fart or whatever. But he for some reason went off , I don't know why but he was making it seem like i was denying his expedience with police. He was denying that some officers have a lot of pride and ego , and he fully believed that every situation is racially motivated and that i'm a sheltered young man who doesn't know anything about the world (were both black). I'm not going to lie i was sheltered and all of my experiences with police have been good. But i don't understand what that had to do with the videos i brought up.
But here's the thing i wasn't denying his experience or the situations that he was involved in, i was just explaining what these youtube channels teach and how important it is know your rights and that most people don't know them. Heck i try to take time out of my day to learn.
But it just felt awkward , i wasn't arguing with him but he took it like i offended him , but i wasn't disagreeing with him. The silence in the room and among the group was deafening and i ended up fumbling over my words trying to explain to him that i wasn't denying his experience.
I'm confused and really annoyed about what happened, i don't know what i did wrong?
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